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FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Volume 13, Issue 6, Pages 332-337Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1890/140294
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- US Geological Survey
- Nebraska Game and Parks Commission
- University of Nebraska Lincoln
- US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Wildlife Management Institute
- August T Larsson Foundation of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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There is a fundamental difference between the ways in which ecologists and lawyers view uncertainty: in the study of ecology, uncertainty provides a catalyst for exploration, whereas uncertainty is antithetical to the rule of law. This issue is particularly troubling in environmental management, where the tensions between law and ecology become apparent. Rather than acknowledge uncertainties in management actions, legal frameworks often force a false sense of certainty in linking cause and effect. While adaptive management has been developed to deal with uncertainty, laws and legal wrangling can be obstacles to implementation. In this article, we recommend resilience-based governance adaptive governance as a means to begin bridging the gap between law and ecology.
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